blog assignment

The readings have clearly converged with my belief that the world at large was in the dark as it relates to science and religion. In Wednesday's lecture is was stated that Augustine had a dream about the devil and referred to himself as being possessed. This explained why movies always depict priests so easily persecuting someone for being a heritic. Spirits had a big influence on the general population of the public and are used to express things that are outside their knowledge. which in tern creates an open door to religious fanaticism. In some ways that has not changed to this day. What did diverge from my preconceived notion of the middle ages was the hype that movies put on princesses in danger, and wars and conquest. The readings reveal that life is just as monotonous back then as it is now.